Foreign trade - Imports
During January-September of 1999,
Colombian FOB imports reached US$7.2 billion, a US$3.7 billion decrease equivalent to
34.1%. This behavior is due to the fall in capital (US$1.7 billion, 40.9%), intermediate
(US$1.3 billion, 27.9%) and consumer goods (US$700 million, 33.8%) imports. The largest
reductions were detected in capital goods and raw material, US$1.3 billion and US$1.2
billion respectively. By area of origin, imports were led by the United States 41.2%, the
European Union 16.9% and the Andean Group 12%. It is estimated that the value of imports
will decrease by 29.8% during 1999.
IMPORTS
IMPORTS |
1999 % |
U.S.A. |
42.5 |
EUROPEAN UNION |
16.2 |
ANDEAN GROUP |
12.1 |
JAPAN |
3.7 |
REST |
25.5 |
|
|
|
US$ millions FOB
YEARS |
Total
imports |
Variation
% |
Intermed.
goods |
Variation
% |
Consumer
goods |
Variation
% |
Capital
goods |
Variation
% |
1987 |
3,919.3 |
7.2 |
2,020.7 |
6.1 |
473.5 |
20.3 |
1,425.1 |
4.9 |
1988 |
4,703.5 |
20.0 |
2,520.7 |
24.7 |
497.8 |
5.1 |
1,685.0 |
18.2 |
1989 |
4,731.4 |
0.6 |
2,601.5 |
3.2 |
481.9 |
-3.2 |
1,648.0 |
-2.2 |
1990 |
5,266.8 |
11.3 |
2,805.4 |
7.8 |
514.4 |
6.7 |
1,947.0 |
18.1 |
1991 |
4,564.8 |
-13.3 |
2,523.1 |
-10.1 |
569.9 |
10.8 |
1,471.7 |
-24.4 |
1992 |
6,111.7 |
33.9 |
3,113.3 |
23.4 |
867.0 |
52.1 |
2,131.4 |
44.8 |
1993 |
9,085.7 |
48.7 |
3,797.1 |
22.0 |
1,665.7 |
92.1 |
3,622.9 |
70.0 |
1994 |
11,080.3 |
22.0 |
4,448.8 |
17.2 |
1,818.6 |
9.2 |
4,812.9 |
32.8 |
1995 |
12,921.2 |
16.6 |
5,657.5 |
27.2 |
2,486.0 |
36.7 |
4,777.6 |
-0.7 |
1996 |
12,793.6 |
-1.0 |
6,045.4 |
6.8 |
2,384.3 |
-4.1 |
4,363.9 |
-8.7 |
1997 |
14,409.3 |
12.6 |
6,076.6 |
0.5 |
2,770.1 |
16.2 |
5,562.6 |
27.5 |
1998 p |
13,726.2 |
-4.7 |
5,742.1 |
-5.5 |
2,646.1 |
-4.5 |
5,338.1 |
-4.0 |
1998 p* |
10,877.3 |
5.7 |
4,585.5 |
0.7 |
2,068.9 |
5.5 |
4,222.9 |
8.8 |
1999 p* |
7,171.7 |
-34.1 |
3,305.8 |
-27.9 |
1,369.4 |
-33.8 |
2,496.5 |
-40.9 |
|
p: Provisional.
* Up to september.
Source: National Administrative Department of Statistics(DANE) and
National Customs and Taxes Authority. (DIAN). |
